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MRI

bluedragon41
bluedragon41
I was stuck in a drum and made to listen to minimalist techno.
No contrast dye today.

...I'm glad I liked to hide in the closet a lot as a kid, small spaces register as safe.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Cool how that childhood memory helped you get through that, blue! Much support to you now as you await the results...
bluedragon41
bluedragon41
I think the EEG, which happens on the 15th, will really tell whether I have a seizure disorder or not.
I doubt there's anything for the MRI to find? The CT scan didn't show any structural funkiness in my head.

Apparently they will hook up wires and try to make me seize?
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I've got a close buddy who has epilepsy and he just had an EEG 2 weeks ago. Didn't seem it was necessary to induce a seizure, as I recall.
LeoX3
LeoX3
Wow, that's great you did well in the MRI! I have to be unconscious or they can't get me in th eroom, let alone in the machine.

MRI finds more details than CT, so they can be useful in ways CT can't. I've had CT, MRI, EEG, you name it, so.... Yeah.

Sometimes, They do try to induce a seizure, but if you don't, it's not a "failure". It still shows your brain wave activity, and or some with seizures, that's all they need. (like me, yay?)

Keep us posted!
bluedragon41
bluedragon41
Well, I think it might be exercise-induced hypoglycemia...
If all tests are negative I will get myself a cheap glucometer and test strips.
Fahnette
Fahnette
Oh man, CTs. That contrast stuff, just...yergh. I had my first ever after the clot blew up in my chest and I think the contrast made me feel blah and slightly muddy more than the blood stuff.

Plus the automated "soothing voice" that talks you through the procedure sounded way too much like Robocop. (thankfully it was the Peter Weller Robocop)